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Falchions

Scope note

Swords with a heavy, single-edged cutting blade, either straight or slightly convex, broadening out into a pronounced convex curve toward the tip, used in Europe roughly from the 13th to the 15th century.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300037079

Broader Terms used

<swords by form>

Equivalent Terms used

falchion

Created

13yrs ago

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